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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 10:18 PM

Pterodactyl (993 posts)

Putin gives Chavez 'El Ruso' the puppy

Source: AFP

Vladimir Putin has sent a Black Russian Terrier puppy to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, who joked the Russian strongman would receive a capybara, the world's largest rodent, in return.

The three-month-old puppy was given to Chavez by Igor Sechin, one of Putin's most trusted lieutenants and chief executive of Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company.

"I passed a message from Vladimir Vladimirovich -- it's a Black Russian Terrier. It's three months old," said Sechin during a visit to the energy-rich Latin American nation.

"He liked it very much," Sechin said in quotes published by mass-circulation Komsomolskaya Pravda on Friday.

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20120928-putin-gives-chavez-el-ruso-puppy

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22 replies	Author	Time	Post
Putin gives Chavez 'El Ruso' the puppy (Original post)	Pterodactyl	Sep 2012	OP
Awww...	thecrow	Sep 2012	#1
nice doggies	Voice for Peace	Sep 2012	#2
Do they agree politically or is this one oil exporting country being nice to another?	craigmatic	Sep 2012	#3
I imagine it's the latter.	harmonicon	Sep 2012	#10
Here's a picture of one. Looks like a great dog:	freshwest	Sep 2012	#4
More here	dipsydoodle	Sep 2012	#9
Yes, Airedale was the first thing that came to mind seeing the pic. Good info on the Puli.	freshwest	Sep 2012	#12
AWWW! What a pretty dog!	Odin2005	Sep 2012	#13
What's he going to do with that? The guy is dying. Send him Russian cancer doctors instead.	MADem	Sep 2012	#5
He already has the best doctors - Cuban. n/t	bitchkitty	Sep 2012	#14
The Spanish doctors had to fix the mess the Cuban doctors made on Castro...	MADem	Sep 2012	#15
...or the VP would take over and there would be no chaos.	2ndAmForComputers	Sep 2012	#16
He has no running mate in this election. No "sarcasm" there.	MADem	Oct 2012	#19
Here's the capybara	rocktivity	Sep 2012	#6
I know someone with a litterbox trained pet rabbit....	Spitfire of ATJ	Sep 2012	#8
And what Putin is getting in return. Let's hope they don't get loose:	freshwest	Sep 2012	#7
I think as part of international law, all politically-related gifted dogs...	harmonicon	Sep 2012	#11
People under 60, may have NEVER heard of Checkers the dog, give a cite	happyslug	Sep 2012	#17
Really?!	harmonicon	Sep 2012	#18
Well, remember Dubya's idiot press secretary who didn't know anything about JFK's Cuban problems?	MADem	Oct 2012	#20
If it didn't involve Reagan or Bush it won't be on the midterm.	Gidney N Cloyd	Oct 2012	#21
I feel sorry for kids nowadays!	MADem	Oct 2012	#22

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 10:21 PM

thecrow (4,383 posts)

1. Awww...

The world needs more puppy exchanges. Peace through puppies!!

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 10:31 PM

Voice for Peace (8,411 posts)

2. nice doggies

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 10:37 PM

craigmatic (3,226 posts)

3. Do they agree politically or is this one oil exporting country being nice to another?

I always assumed Putin was on Russia's right.

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 05:25 AM

harmonicon (11,941 posts)

10. I imagine it's the latter.

However, I assume they both agree about not wanting the US to be the singular political and economic force in the hemisphere. When politics and economics become confused, we can wind up with strange bedfellows (just look at our "allies" in Latin America).

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 10:52 PM

freshwest (31,581 posts)

4. Here's a picture of one. Looks like a great dog:

Last edited Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:12 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

It is a working dog, a guard dog. Here is its AKC page:

http://www.akc.org/breeds/black_russian_terrier/index.cfm

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 05:13 AM

dipsydoodle (32,696 posts)

9. More here

Cross bred originally, as are a lot of breeds, but now established as a breed in its own right.

Bred from : Airedale, the Giant Schnauzer, the Rottweiler, the Newfoundland, the Caucasian Ovtcharka and the now extinct Moscow Water Dog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Russian_Terrier.

Magnificent looking animal. I came close to getting an Hungarian Puli some years ago but settled for Chinchilla Persian cats instead.

Puli :

Getta load of those dreads.

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 12:03 PM

freshwest (31,581 posts)

12. Yes, Airedale was the first thing that came to mind seeing the pic. Good info on the Puli.

I would not like the upkeep on those dreadlocks.

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 12:10 PM

Odin2005 (48,255 posts)

13. AWWW! What a pretty dog!

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:01 PM

MADem (86,171 posts)

5. What's he going to do with that? The guy is dying. Send him Russian cancer doctors instead.

Poor dog--hope they keep him in air conditioned comfort--that coat looks a bit thick for VZ.

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 01:00 PM

bitchkitty (6,811 posts)

14. He already has the best doctors - Cuban. n/t

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 01:24 PM

MADem (86,171 posts)

15. The Spanish doctors had to fix the mess the Cuban doctors made on Castro...

Cuban doctors have a lot of practical experience, and know how to do a lot with very little, but near as I can tell, all they did with Hugo was dig that grapefruit-sized lump out, irradiate him, give him chemo and do it all over again when the thing grew back.

He's terminally ill.

Hugo should have gone next door to Brazil--they are doing some very forward leaning cancer work.

As it is, should he prevail on 7 Oct -- and he probably will -- he'll leave the country in chaos when he dies.

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 01:48 PM

2ndAmForComputers (3,309 posts)

16. ...or the VP would take over and there would be no chaos.

But that would be a disappointment, huh? Better think positive.

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Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:04 AM

MADem (86,171 posts)

19. He has no running mate in this election. No "sarcasm" there.

How can the VP "take over" when there IS NO VP??? He will have to choose one and he has not yet done so.

http://www.ksn.com/news/world/story/No-running-mate-for-Chavez/sGdyLbvoLUeJyP4wjhxy2A.cspx

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:04 PM

rocktivity (36,633 posts)

6. Here's the capybara

Last edited Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:53 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

What's an oversized rodent between political friends?

rocktivity

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 03:22 AM

Spitfire of ATJ (7,416 posts)

8. I know someone with a litterbox trained pet rabbit....

....all the buttons are chewed on the remotes.

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Fri Sep 28, 2012, 11:08 PM

freshwest (31,581 posts)

7. And what Putin is getting in return. Let's hope they don't get loose:

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 05:28 AM

harmonicon (11,941 posts)

11. I think as part of international law, all politically-related gifted dogs...

should be named Checkers. That goes for the Obamas' (given to them by Ted Kennedy) as well.

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Sat Sep 29, 2012, 09:30 PM

happyslug (10,772 posts)

17. People under 60, may have NEVER heard of Checkers the dog, give a cite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers_speech

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Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:51 AM

harmonicon (11,941 posts)

18. Really?!

I'm in my 30's, and we learned all about Checkers and "The Checkers Speech" in school. I just assumed that went for everyone still.

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Mon Oct 1, 2012, 01:07 AM

MADem (86,171 posts)

20. Well, remember Dubya's idiot press secretary who didn't know anything about JFK's Cuban problems?

She disgraced herself! Dana Perino and her Bay of Pigs blathering...

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/10/nobodys-perfect-press-secretary-edition/

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Mon Oct 1, 2012, 09:16 AM

Gidney N Cloyd (10,457 posts)

21. If it didn't involve Reagan or Bush it won't be on the midterm.

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Mon Oct 1, 2012, 09:53 AM

MADem (86,171 posts)

22. I feel sorry for kids nowadays!

I don't think they're getting the full flavor of the nation's history, never mind the world's.

They don't know it, they'll be condemned to repeat it.

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